The Federal Government last week announced plans to trial the drug testing of 5000 youth allowance and Newstart recipients.

“People who are looking for a job do not generally have any higher incidence of drug use than those in the general population, even if they are receiving government assistance,” RDAA president Ewen McPhee said.

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